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La Belle Époque
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la Belle Époque la belle époque
English
Etymology
From en fr la Belle Époque.
Proper noun
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en Belle Époque.
en 2018 Lawrence R. Brownlee The Youths Who Behaved Bizarrely https://books.google.com/books?id=jTODDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT122 A Doctor’s Tales New York, N.Y. Page Publishing, Inc 978-1-64350-522-0 Absinthe is a clear green liqueur that was in vogue during La Belle Époque, an era of peace and plenty from 1890 to 1914 in Paris.
en 2019 Jill Jonnes Showdown in Paris https://books.google.com/books?id=9ddhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 Eiffel’s Tower for Young People: The Story of the 1889 World’s Fair For Young People New York, N.Y. Triangle Square 9781609809065 The arts flowered in France during La Belle Époque, especially in Paris.
en 2023 w:John Lewis-Stempel March https://books.google.com/books?id=8PGCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 La Vie: A Year in Rural France London Penguin Random House UK 2024 “Spring” section 978-1-473-56668-2 The woodshed is a rather grand affair, a capacious lean-to of honeyed stone built behind the dovecot by the Jacques family in La Belle Époque.